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Compound interest help

Hi. I'm helping someone with some maths questions on mymaths for compound interest. We can use the formula fine but it's asking for interest value and future value. What does this mean?

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Fran
interest value is the multiplier or the extra left over. so for example with 3% interest, you have to multiply by 1.03.

future value is probably how much it will cost in the future after however many years? based on the formula, the future value of £100 after 3 years on a 3% interest value (sometimes might say interest rate). we get:

100 x (1.03)^3 = 109.2727

so future value of £109.27 (to 2.d.p)
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Original post by rlyneedtostudy
interest value is the multiplier or the extra left over. so for example with 3% interest, you have to multiply by 1.03.

future value is probably how much it will cost in the future after however many years? based on the formula, the future value of £100 after 3 years on a 3% interest value (sometimes might say interest rate). we get:

100 x (1.03)^3 = 109.2727

so future value of £109.27 (to 2.d.p)

It wants the interest value in £ though?

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